FAQ

Common
Questions

Have a question about Active Performance? Wow, we must be great mind readers. Hopefully we can answer a few for you in the FAQs below. If not, feel free to contact us and we’ll reply back as soon as we can.

What Is Crossfit?

CrossFit is the principal strength and conditioning program for many police academies and tactical operations teams, military special operations units, champion martial artists, and hundreds of other elite and professional athletes worldwide. Since then it has evolved to be an all inclusive fitness program for people of any athletic capability. Our program delivers a fitness that is, by design, broad, general, and inclusive. Our specialty is not specializing. Combat, survival, sports, and life reward this kind of fitness and, on average, punish the specialist.

The CrossFit program is designed for universal scalability making it the perfect application for any committed individual regardless of their experience. We’ve used our same routines for elderly individuals with heart disease and cage fighters one month out from televised bouts. We scale load and intensity; we don’t change programs. The needs of Olympic athletes and our grandparents differ by degree not kind. Our armed forces, skiers, mountain bike riders and housewives have found their best fitness from the same regimen.

I'm new to CrossFit. What should I expect?

Despite what you might see on the internet, you don’t need to be made of rippling muscles to do CrossFit. Come with the ability to convert oxygen into CO2, the drive to be better than you were yesterday, and we’ll show you how to do the rest. All members who are new to Active will start with our Active On-Ramp Program where we will teach you our basic movements, techniques, terminology and warm-up protocols before we introduce you to our more advanced group classes.

In fact, it is so important that you understand the basics before you take on our Active Fitness Classes, that this course is free and mandatory for people who are new to CrossFit. We want to set you up for success so you never feel lost or unsure of yourself. For more details, check out our PROGRAMS AND RATES page.

Is CrossFit dangerous?

In short, yes Crossfit can be dangerous. But not in the ways you might believe. With inexperienced coaches, shoddy equipment and the wrong attitude, CrossFit can be very dangerous – but so can riding your bike or driving your car.

The experienced and proven CrossFit coaches you’ll find at Active Performance will ensure that you’re training in the safest most effective and efficient way possible. The Active On-Ramp Program, which is a prerequisite course for all new members, will ensure that you are confident and have an adequate base of strength before you participate in the our Active Fitness Classes.

What's a WOD?

A WOD is the workout of the day. We program a different WOD everyday.

You will usually find the WOD on our blog. If it’s not posted, that may mean you’re in for an awesome surprise. We’re not just training you to be the best at exercising, we’re getting you prepared for the unknown life throws at you.

What is your drop-in policy?

Drop-ins are always welcome at Active Performance! Just call us or send us a message on our contact page to let us know you’re coming in, and one of our coaches will be ready to show you around. Drop in fee – $25

Do you offer personal training?

Yes! If you’re being held back by 1 or 2 movements, or you are training for a competition and would like unique programming to help you hit new goals, our customized training sessions will be the most effective and efficient way to get to that next level.

CrossFit has successfully been used by many people to make a comeback from serious illness, knee, shoulder or back surgery, artificial hip replacement, even people with prosthetic limbs or with almost no limbs at all (seriously, YouTube “CrossFitter Kyle Maynard” and “CrossFitter Mary Hieb” ).

As mentioned above, everything we do can be scaled or modified to your current ability. The Active approach to smart, tiered progression could be a major steppingstone to help you rehabilitate an injury or make a come-back from illness.

As a woman, will CrossFit make me look bulky?

No. We have no interest in turning you into a bodybuilder; that is definitely not our thing. We also don’t want to turn you into an emaciated ultra-endurance athlete or a skinny-fat runway model. Everyone has a different body composition, shape, metabolism, etc., so we can’t promise that we can get you on the cover of Shape magazine, but we will help you get as close as you can get. The Active Fitness Program will help almost all women get leaner, more toned and closer to the shape they have always wanted.

What should I do to prepare for CrossFit?

Nothing! Every workout will be modified or scaled to your current ability. If you haven’t moved much lately, we will ramp you up slowly through our Active On-Ramp Program and a commitment to smart tiered progression thereafter.

Do I still need to watch what I eat and drink?

As powerful as CrossFit is, it cannot overcome poor eating and drinking habits. You are of course free to eat and drink whatever you like and we won’t get on your case, but if you really want to see dramatic results, good nutrition is crucial. Part of your Active On-Ramp will include some guidance on the surprisingly simple and powerful principals of good nutrition. We highly recommend that you give our approach to nutrition a try for 30-days and then we’ll leave it up to you to determine if you look, feel and perform better.

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